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Del Mar College

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School Notes:

• Del Mar College, a comprehensive community college in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. The college offer more academic, occupational, technical and continuing education programs than any other college or university in the area. Each year, over 24,000 students enroll in one of our 150 different credit and noncredit programs.
• The college offers Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees in over 50 university transfer majors; Associate in Applied Science degrees, Enhanced Skills Certificates, and Certificates of Achievement in more than 80 occupational fields.
• The College offers special scheduling options including Rapid Track, weekend, videoconferencing, telecourses, short-semester, off-campus, and online courses. 330 students took telecourses in the Fall 2003 semester, and over 1,900 students took courses online. Over 180 students took Rapid Track courses in the first Fall Rapid Track session, and over 640 students took courses on weekends.
• Del Mar College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Certificates of Achievement and Associate degrees.
• Profile last updated: 12/04/2008.

In the News:

• Coastal Bend business leader: Aurora Salinas (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
  posted on March 21, 2010 at 11:13:00 am
  Meet the co-owner of Robstown Catering, Inc.
• Randy Rogers Band gives Del Mar College music money (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
  posted on March 20, 2010 at 11:01:00 pm
  Band’s $2,500 check and T-shirt sales to bolster school’s music scholarship fund
• John Crisp: Good health care a basic right of an American life (Abilene Reporter-News)
  posted on March 18, 2010 at 02:21:00 am
  Several times columnist George Will has remarked that before the current debate began, 85 percent of Americans had health care insurance, and 95 percent of that 85 percent were happy with their coverage.
• Nueces County OKs $40 million tax abatement for Las Brisas Energy Center (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
  posted on March 17, 2010 at 06:55:00 pm
  Tax break for proposed $3 billion petroleum coke-fueled power plant
• Supporting the Census (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
  posted on March 12, 2010 at 10:53:49 pm
  CORPUS CHRISTI - Area leaders in government, business, and education are urging south texans to fill out their census forms. They held a news conference todat at the Del Mar College Economic Development Center. Speakers included State Representative Able Herrero, who talked about the importance of getting an accurate count of the population here. As he noted, the numbers are used to draw the ...

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